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Subject: Re: Aborting a search

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 01:18:05 03/18/03

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On March 17, 2003 at 21:54:36, Nathan Thom wrote:

>Im having troubles trying to figure out what to do with my search results when a
>timeout occurs. eg I could have searched 10 plies fully, and am part way through
>the 11th ply when time runs out.
>
>The simplest thing to do is ditch all results from the last incomplete search
>and just go with what you had after 10 plies. But this seems a big waste.
>
>Thoughts?

Nathan,

It's quite simple, just check the "time_is_up" condition after your "undo_move"
call and jump to the place where you climb back one ply in the tree (as if there
are no more moves to search on the current ply).

My best,

Ed

• Re: Aborting a search Robert Hyatt 06:59:00 03/18/03
  • Why Eds method is slightly better Georg v. Zimmermann 07:37:07 03/19/03
    • Re: Why Eds method is slightly better Uri Blass 08:16:13 03/19/03
  • Re: Aborting a search Matthew White 13:04:21 03/18/03
    • Re: Aborting a search Robert Hyatt 13:24:32 03/18/03
      • Re: Aborting a search Matthew White 13:33:29 03/18/03
        • Re: Aborting a search Robert Hyatt 19:57:21 03/18/03
          • Re: Aborting a search Matthew White 11:41:30 03/19/03
            • Re: Aborting a search Robert Hyatt 12:36:13 03/19/03
          • Re: Aborting a search Uri Blass 20:54:46 03/18/03

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